10-letter words containing a, p, g
- applauding — Present participle of applaud.
- appointing — Present participle of appoint.
- appraising — critical, considering
- apterygial — (of eels, certain insects, etc) lacking such paired limbs as wings or fins
- apterygote — belonging or pertaining to the Apterygota, a subclass of primitive wingless insects that undergo little or no metamorphosis.
- areography — the description of the physical features, such as the surface, atmosphere, etc, of the planet Mars
- areopagite — a member of the Areopagus, a judicial council of ancient Athens that met on the hill of that name
- army group — the largest operational formation of military land forces, normally comprising two or more armies or army corps under a designated commander.
- arpeggiate — to play an arpeggio
- arpeggione — a stringed musical instrument of the early 19th century which was played with a bow
- aryl group — any organic group derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon by the removal of a hydrogen atom, as phenyl, C 6 H 5 −, from benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- asparagine — a nonessential amino acid, a component of proteins
- asperating — to make rough, harsh, or uneven: a voice asperated by violent emotion.
- aspergilla — Plural form of aspergillum.
- asphalting — any of various dark-colored, solid, bituminous substances, native in various areas of the earth and composed mainly of hydrocarbon mixtures.
- aspirating — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- aspiringly — in an aspiring manner
- astrograph — a navigational device for projecting altitude curves of the stars and planets onto charts or plotting sheets.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attempting — to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles.
- audiograph — a machine used to test a patient's hearing by transmitting sound waves directly to the inner ear
- autographs — Plural form of autograph.
- autography — the writing of something in one's own handwriting; something handwritten
- autophagia — sustenance by self-absorption of the tissues of the body
- autopsying — Present participle of autopsy.
- azygospore — a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi
- bargepoles — Plural form of bargepole.
- barographs — Plural form of barograph.
- beating-up — a physical assault
- beg-pardon — an expression of apology (used especially in the phrase with no beg-pardons).
- bespangled — covered or adorned with or as if with spangles or jewels
- beth-phage — a place in ancient Israel, at the foot of the Mount of Olives: starting point of Jesus' ride into Jerusalem. Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29.
- big rapids — a town in central Michigan.
- biographee — a person whose biography has been written
- biographer — Someone's biographer is a person who writes an account of their life.
- biographic — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- bog spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by accumulation in the joint, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- bump along — advance unevenly
- burst page — banner
- cacography — bad handwriting
- caligraphy — Alternative form of calligraphy.
- calligraph — to produce by means of calligraphy: The love letter was calligraphed in a delicate hand.
- campaigned — Simple past tense and past participle of campaign.
- campaigner — A campaigner is a person who campaigns for social or political change.
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- campignian — of or relating to a Mesolithic and Neolithic technological facies characterized by picks and tranchets.
- caponizing — Present participle of caponize.
- caporegime — the second in command to a capo; Mafia lieutenant.
- caprioling — Present participle of capriole.
- captaining — a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.